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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1963
Page
6
Dodgers' Sandy Koufax, with nine strikeouts over a full game, blanks San Francisco 2-0 to drop the Giants from the NL lead as St Louis remains atop the standings. Roseboro exits with a palm injury after a fastball miscue. Moose Skowron and stellar Cardinal hitting pace other NL actions.
The Standings show Baltimore leading Boston 7 2 and Cleveland 1 0 with Kansas City at Los Angeles and Chicago at Minnesota among the listed games. Other results include Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 2 and Pittsburgh 9 Milwaukee 3, with St Louis 8 New York 1 and Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 0.
Ernie Broglio pitched five hit balls for an 8 1 victory over the New York Mets as St. Louis moved one half game ahead of Los Angeles in the National League. Bill White Curt Flood and Ken Boyer each had three hits as the Cardinals built a 7 0 lead in the first three innings. Lew Burdette debuts for St Louis tonight against the Mets after a trade from Milwaukee. Former President Herbert Hoover, 88, remained seriously ill but showed some improvement with fever down and steadier heart action.
Highlights from the season show Kaline of Detroit leading AL batting with 349 at bats and 80 hits, along with 44 runs and 48 RBIs. Allison of Minnesota tops AL RBIs with 47, and Perry Allison leads in runs with 43. In NL, Aaron of Milwaukee leads in runs and RBIs, while Koufax of the Dodgers dominates strikeouts with 111.
BROOKLINE MASS AP The Country Club drew sharp criticism from top golfers as the U S Open venue opened practice. George Bayer called the course the worst conditioned he had seen and Sam Snead declared it rough and full of blind shots. Art Wall Julius Boros and Arnold Palmer also voiced disappointment with the layout before the tournament.
Wayne Rowland of Garden City captured the state singles trap shooting title at Wichita during the 40th annual four day meet. He posted a perfect 200 in the singles and 350 overall, after returning to the sport two months ago following a break since 1953.
Marty Joe Humble nine year old son of Haymond and Mrs Humble from near Weir died Monday at the University of Kansas Medical Center of injuries from a bicycle car crash Thursday on U S 60 southwest of Pittsburg.
Alice B. Guyer 89 widow of late Rep Ulysses S Guyer of Kansas died Sunday in Washington. She was born in Yankton when capital of the Dakota Territories. Her husband served 16 years in Congress and died in 1944. He was a Republican.
Centerfielder Albie Pearson remains the lone Los Angeles Angels regular in the Opening Day lineup for all three seasons of the franchise. He is the only player to start every Opening Day since the team began.
Lions won both ends of a Minor League Knothole doubleheader at Clint Lightner Field defeating the Shriners 18-4 in the B game and 14-2 in the A game. Nor ton struck out 3 in the opener while Shriners Hinkle fanned 4 and walked 10. In the nightcap S Nelson fanned 11 but walked 5 as Robertson totaled 10 strikeouts for Shriners with 18 walks. Two more Minors games were scheduled for Clint Lightner with Kiwanis vs Rotary.
Welders Supply defeated First Methodist Church 10 to 1 in a slow pitch game at Alla Brown Field due to wet grounds. Welders showed strong hitting with 14 hits to Methodist 6 and four Welders players with multi-base hits including a homer by Kent Martin.
London ap weather forecast favors attendance for Cassius Clay versus Henry Cooper in a 10 round open air bout at Wembley Stadium tonight. Promoter Jack Solomons expects 55 000 fans and at least 280000 gross. Cooper plans a left hook strategy to slow Clay. Clay boastfully terms Cooper a bum and cripple as he predicts victory.
New York AP reports Clete Boyer, famed for his glove, plays down his fielding praise and highlights his hitting. The younger Boyer brother among Yankees, he batted .242 and .224 in his first two seasons, then blossomed into a dangerous hitter. This follows his 1960 World Series pinch-hitting debut against Pittsburgh.
Indian lefty Jack Kralick earned his sixth consecutive win as Cleveland edged Washington 1 0 on a seventh inning gift run. He allowed five hits over nine innings, while Jim Duckworth took the loss after balking on a two base error. Baltimore upset Boston 7 2 as Mike McCormick pitched six strong innings in his first AL complete game.
Sharon VanVleet of Garden City earned a seat on the education committee of the senate at Girls' State hosted by the University of Kansas. The event gathered delegations to simulate state government and discuss policy.
Carmen Mauro, a former major league outfielder, serves as coach for the University of Washington baseball team guiding players through drills and game strategy.
Army lacrosse coach Jim Adama is in his sixth season. The Cadets have won the national collegiate title three times under his leadership. Penn State guard Karl Hollman averaged 21.7 points per game last season for the Nittany Lions basketball team.
Two local teams win both games in a Southwest Kansas League women’s softball double header at Finnup Park. Smith Packers of Garden defeated Cimarron Travelers 24 to 8 in four innings, with Garden taking a big early lead and Connie Ven John, Karen Jones, and Yvonne Page starring. In the nightcap, Sherman's Grill beat Klamer Komets 15 to 5 in six frames, as Sherman’s Mor tis and Martin led the offense and Kismet’s errors hurt Cimarron.
Dave Fowler of the Reed and Stinemetz team rolled the high individual game of 220 at Garden Bowl on Monday night as the Monday Mixed League marked its fifth week of action. Reed and Stinemetz also posted the high team game 721 and a 2,000 team series, while Charlotte Yardley led women with 418 and Polly Kerr 520.
In Baltimore Ralph Dupay defeated Denny Moyer by a one round decision to retain the middleweight title amid low crowd figures of about 144 fans. The event coincided with baseball discussions and sponsors had hoped for a larger turnout, while the nine month old Civile Contesenting 13,000 attendance expectation faded.
Del Crandil of the Milwaukee Braves and Carl Sawatski of the St Louis Cardinals are the only NL catchers who wear the number 1 on their uniforms.
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